Westergren erythrocyte sedimentation rate

Westergren erythrocyte sedimentation rate
Wes·ter·gren erythrocyte sedimentation rate 'ves-tər-grən- n sedimentation rate of red blood cells determined by the Westergren method called also Westergren sedimentation rate
Westergren Alf Vilhelm (1891-1968)
Swedish physician. In 1921 in an article on blood in pulmonary tuberculosis, Westergren introduced his method for measuring the sedimentation rate of red blood cells.

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